Aihkipetsi Day Trip Hut

A logwood building with a porch.
Photo: Anna Pakkanen.
In front of the logwood hut is a fireplace, pines, spruces and a path.
The yard at Aikkipetsi Open Wilderness Hut. Photo: Timo Reinvuo.
A hut amidst pines and spruces, in a winter weather.
Aikkipetsi Open Wilderness Hut in late winter sunshine. Photo: Sisli Piisilä
A sign board with a map on the shore of a lake. Winter weather, pines on the shore.
The Aikkipetsi hut is situated on the shore of a lake. Photo: Anna Pakkanen.
Inside a wooden hut there is a stove in the middle of the room and wooden bunk beds next to the walls.
Bunk beds inside the Aikkipetsi Open Wilderness Hut. Photo: Suvi Kauhanen.
Inside a wooden hut there is a stove in the middle of the room and two tables.
There are a stove and two table groups inside the hut. Photo: Suvi Kauhanen.

Type

Day Trip Hut

Location, Maps and Description

Eastern Lapland, Salla, In the Sallatunturi Fell Area, along the UKK Trail.

Aihkipetsi, coordinates: Euref-Fin (~ WGS84) lat: 66° 40.7028' lon: 28° 45.6771'  ETRS-TM35FIN: N: 7396625 E: 577801

The hut is located in the southern part of Salla, on the northern side of the forest road running to Vilma, on the shore of Kalliolampi Pond. The distance from the hut to the Sallatunturi resort is about 15 km.

Map of the Sallatunturi Fell Area

Salla address and recreation map 1:10 000

Terrain maps T523 Kursu 1:50 000

Excursionmap.fi

Facilities

A stove and a gas stove

Notices

Pets are allowed in the hut, but only with the consent of the other users of the hut.

Safety on hiking

Waste Management

Hikers are asked to bring their own waste to one of the area's recycling points. Read more about Hiking Without Littering.

Maintenance and Management

Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland. For more information contact Pyhä-Luosto Visitor Centre Naava Tel. +358 206 39 7302

Guidelines on Using Open Wilderness Huts

Read Guidelines on Using Open Wilderness Huts.